§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON (Dundee)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty whether the warrant officers who have successfully passed through a course of navigation under the new Admiralty scheme are being, or will be, appointed to ships on which they will have navigating duties.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE ADMIRALTY (Mr. PRETYMAN, Suffolk, Woodbridge)This new course is of such recent institution that no vacancy has yet occurred to which any of the small number of warrant officers who have passed through it could be appointed. They will, however, be considered for appointment to any vacancies as they occur.